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Asia Pacific
Japan says ball in U.S. court on beef trade issue
TOKYO, April 7 (Reuters) - Japan is waiting for the United States to make the next move to resume talks on normalising beef trade, deadlocked on Tokyo's demand that all cattle be tested for mad cow disease, the Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday.
Australia beef wins in Japan-US trade row
SYDNEY, April 7 (Reuters) - Australian beef exports are scoring major gains as Japan continues to ban imports of U.S. beef more than three months after the discovery of a case of mad cow disease last December.
No end in sight to Japan's ban on U.S. beef
Japan said it could not end its import ban on U.S. beef unless "the United States implements the same measures as we do" regarding testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Cheney heading for Japan for BSE trade talks
With the beef trade embargo negotiations stagnant between the Agriculture Department and its Japanese counterparts, Vice President Dick Cheney will go to Japan Friday in an attempt reopen the talks.
Australia's relaxed pork import ban faces appeals
Since Australia's ban on pork imports was relaxed in February—helping to facilitate a free trade agreement with the United States—seven appeals have been lodged against the decision and the company which examined the risk of such imports, Biosecurity Australia.
Beef Slaughter Slips
Australia’s beef processors kill five percent fewer cattle despite a strong export demand.
Europe
UK finds new form of fatal brain disease in sheep
LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - UK farm officials on Wednesday said an unusual form of scrapie, a fatal brain-wasting affliction, had been found in a single sheep, but that experts had ruled out the arrival of mad cow disease in the national flock.
USA
US senators seek probe of possible mad cow deaths
WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - The two U.S. senators from New Jersey have requested a federal investigation into whether mad cow disease caused the deaths of more than a dozen people since the late 1980s, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
USA: Tyson Foods reduces beef production at some plants
US meat processor Tyson Foods has said it has reduced beef production at some of its US plants this week due to tight supplies of market-ready cattle, lower beef sales and reduced exports.
Creekstone begins brain sampling, anticipates USDA testing approval
Arkansas City-based Creekstone Farms has begun sampling brain and stem tissue in anticipation of what it believes will be the Agriculture Department's approval of its plan to test all of the cattle it slaughters for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Remarks by Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman at the National Press Club
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman: "Today, we export the product from one in every three harvested acres from this country or a projected near-record $59 billion this year alone in export sales. Those exports solidly underpin farm income and account for nearly 900,000 American jobs, which pay better than average and are largely in rural areas where they are sorely needed. Recognizing the importance of market access to our agriculture and to our entire economy, this Administration has embarked upon the most ambitious trade agenda in our country’s history."
Asia Pacific
Japan says ball in U.S. court on beef trade issue
TOKYO, April 7 (Reuters) - Japan is waiting for the United States to make the next move to resume talks on normalising beef trade, deadlocked on Tokyo's demand that all cattle be tested for mad cow disease, the Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday.
Australia beef wins in Japan-US trade row
SYDNEY, April 7 (Reuters) - Australian beef exports are scoring major gains as Japan continues to ban imports of U.S. beef more than three months after the discovery of a case of mad cow disease last December.
No end in sight to Japan's ban on U.S. beef
Japan said it could not end its import ban on U.S. beef unless "the United States implements the same measures as we do" regarding testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Cheney heading for Japan for BSE trade talks
With the beef trade embargo negotiations stagnant between the Agriculture Department and its Japanese counterparts, Vice President Dick Cheney will go to Japan Friday in an attempt reopen the talks.
Australia's relaxed pork import ban faces appeals
Since Australia's ban on pork imports was relaxed in February—helping to facilitate a free trade agreement with the United States—seven appeals have been lodged against the decision and the company which examined the risk of such imports, Biosecurity Australia.
Beef Slaughter Slips
Australia’s beef processors kill five percent fewer cattle despite a strong export demand.
Europe
UK finds new form of fatal brain disease in sheep
LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - UK farm officials on Wednesday said an unusual form of scrapie, a fatal brain-wasting affliction, had been found in a single sheep, but that experts had ruled out the arrival of mad cow disease in the national flock.
USA
US senators seek probe of possible mad cow deaths
WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - The two U.S. senators from New Jersey have requested a federal investigation into whether mad cow disease caused the deaths of more than a dozen people since the late 1980s, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
USA: Tyson Foods reduces beef production at some plants
US meat processor Tyson Foods has said it has reduced beef production at some of its US plants this week due to tight supplies of market-ready cattle, lower beef sales and reduced exports.
Creekstone begins brain sampling, anticipates USDA testing approval
Arkansas City-based Creekstone Farms has begun sampling brain and stem tissue in anticipation of what it believes will be the Agriculture Department's approval of its plan to test all of the cattle it slaughters for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Remarks by Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman at the National Press Club
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman: "Today, we export the product from one in every three harvested acres from this country or a projected near-record $59 billion this year alone in export sales. Those exports solidly underpin farm income and account for nearly 900,000 American jobs, which pay better than average and are largely in rural areas where they are sorely needed. Recognizing the importance of market access to our agriculture and to our entire economy, this Administration has embarked upon the most ambitious trade agenda in our country’s history."